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IRP Glossary

The following vehicle illustrations are the types of power units that should be listed in Column 11 of the Schedule C:

TYPE VEHICLEDEFINITIONPICTURE DESCRIPTION
Tractor (TR)1 Plate Issued A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles, but not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicles and load so drawn.Tracktor
Truck (Single) (TK)2 Plates Issued Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.Truck
Truck Tractor (TT)1 Plate Issued A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles but constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and the load drawn.Truck Tractor
Road Tractor (RT)1 Plate Issued A motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.Road Tractor
Bus (BS)2 Plates Issued Designed and used for transporting passengersBus
Wrecker
(WK)
(Tow Truck)2 Plates Issued 
A motor vehicle which has been altered or designed and equipped for, and primarily used in the business of, transporting vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar, tow line, or dolly or is otherwise primarily used to render assistance  to other vehicles.Wreker
Pick-Up Truck (PU)2 Plates Issued A motor truck with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than 11,500 pounds, and unladen weight of less than 8,001 pounds, and which is equipped with an open box-type bed not exceeding 9 feet in length.  Pick-up truck does not include a motor vehicle otherwise meeting the above definition that is equipped with a bed-mounted storage compartment unit commonly called a “utility body.”Pick-up Truck
Unladen Weight
(CVC. 660)
 
The “unladen weight” of a vehicle is the weight equipped and ready for operation on the road including the body, fenders, oil in motor, radiator full of water, with five gallons of gasoline or equivalent weight of other motor fuel; also equipment required by law, and unless exempted under CVC Section 661, any special cabinets, boxes or body parts permanently attached to the vehicle, and any machinery, equipment or attachment which is attendant to the efficient operation of the body or vehicle.  Unladen weight shall not include any load or any machinery or mechanical apparatus, such as, but not limited to, wood saws, well-drilling machines, spray apparatus, tow truck cranes, and grinding equipment.  The unladen weight of a vehicle shall have no application in determining any fee under this code or the RTC other than Section 9400.”Semi Unladen Weight
Declared Gross WeightOrGross Vehicle Weight The weight that equals the total unladen weight of the vehicle plus
the weight of the heaviest load that will be transported on the vehicle. 
Semi Gross Weight
Declared Combined Gross WeightOrCombined Gross Vehicle Weight The total unladen weight
of the combination of vehicles
(motor truck and trailer) plus the weight of the heaviest load that will
be transported by the combination. 
Semi Combined Weight